v. t. | 1. | To comb or card, as wool or flax. | |||
2. | To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel. | ||||
3. | (Anat.) To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments. | ||||
4. | To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague. In disappointments, where the affections have been strongly placed, and the expectations sanguine, particularly where the agency of others is concerned, sorrow may degenerate into vexation and chagrin.
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n. | 1. | One who teases or plagues. |